Today - January 29th, 2015 - I just tried TWICE to install the latest Flash Player update, and both times, it wanted to include McAfee Security Check or something like that. There was **NO CHECKBOX** to disable this unwanted software. I cancelled the first installation and ran it again just to be sure I had not missed a checkbox, since Adobe tends to make these things inconspicuous.

Is there a way to get the latest update without the unwanted "bonus"? I went to this page:

I remember this issue from a couple of years ago, and again last year. Replies on the board indicate that there is always a box to uncheck if you don't want MacAfee, which most of us don't. Well, I know there isn't one because it happened again today and I took screenshots to prove it. Here is the first screen,

and the second one.

and the third one simply installs directly. I backed out three times and even closed the browser and restarted again to be sure - no checkbox anywhere.

My system is Win7- 64bit, Firefox 34, and an old enough version of Flash player that Firefox would not let me run it without upgrading on every window I opened. Very annoying of Firefox. Very, very,. VERY annoying of Adobe to insist that there's no problem with their install when there clearly is.

Perhaps the "uncheck macAfee box" is itself a flash element? Would you call that a problem with Firefox then?

I just solved the problem. Firefox was blocking Flash everywhere including your update page. When I clicked "Allow", it revealed the "optional offer" panel where you stuck the McAfee annoyance.

I suspect your programmers must be a bit wet behind the ears. They should foresee that this will happen, and make that center panel visible without Flash being necessary. If users are visiting the update page, there's a pretty good probability that Flash has been blocked because so many of us use Firefox. That panel should be coded in simple HTML.

I'm actually unable to reproduce the behaviour you describe. I installed an older version of Flash Player (15.0.0.152) and navigated to get.adobe.com/flashplayer using Firefox 35 and the McAfee offer displayed. The offer does not contain Flash, therefore, it would not be blocked by an out-dated Flash Player version, that is being blocked by the browser:

There are actually a few different adobe.com download URLs. Can you provide me with the exact URL that you downloaded install_flashplayer16x32_mssa_aaa_aih.exe from? It's not included in your original screenshot.

The installer binary does not bring up a link; however if I allow the download to begin and then cancel, I can get back to a start page ("Step 1") which is http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/. This allows me to go back and restart the download of the binary from http://aihdownload.adobe.com ("Step 2") . That page shows up as

I think I've just found the problem. Years ago, I used the 32-bit upgrade (I see by my old files it was 2010) and so it must have stayed on that path. I have a 64-bit processor, and was never offered an option to update to the 64-bit version.

I uninstalled Flash, and then downloaded the 64-bit version. The MacAfee option then shows up, and I can deselect it.

Flash Player supports both 32- and 64-bit platforms in a single installer. If the system is 32-bit, it'll only install the 32-bit version. If a system is 64-bit it'll automatically install both the 32- and 64-bit versions.